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Special Interests and the Public Interest in Public Policy and Information: Insights from Agricultural and Food Policies

In: Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy

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  • Johan Swinnen

    (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))

Abstract

Political considerations are crucial to understand government policies since almost all public policies have both efficiency and redistributive effects and are therefore subject to lobbying and pressure from special interests. Much of the political economy literature has studied public policies that distort the economy and reduce aggregate welfare, such as import tariffs or export taxes. An important theme of Gordon Rausser’s work on political economy has been on public policies that have positive welfare effects, while at the same time affecting rent distribution and, thus, lobbying of special interests. This chapter reviews key contributions (a) on the political economy of public investments and redistributive policies (b) on the political economy of public provision of information and (c) on how the private provision of information affects public policies through consumer and voter behavior.

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  • Johan Swinnen, 2022. "Special Interests and the Public Interest in Public Policy and Information: Insights from Agricultural and Food Policies," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Harry de Gorter & Jill McCluskey & Johan Swinnen & David Zilberman (ed.), Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, pages 221-247, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-3-030-77760-9_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77760-9_10
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    Keywords

    J18; L32; F38; Q18;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
    • F38 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Financial Policy: Financial Transactions Tax; Capital Controls
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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